Spring Risk School Series (1): The trust game (how to respond to false attacks)
"The Risk-Monger is a big fat liar!" But how he responds to that attack will determine if anyone will trust him. It is time to go back to school.
View ArticleDown on the farm, reality always trumps naïve idealism
The Risk-Monger spent the day on a large Belgian farm having the opportunity to see the challenges and opportunities farmers are presently facing. I was able to tour the fields and barns, hear how they...
View ArticleWould you buy a black banana? The Organic Lobby’s food-waste trick.
The organic industry has tried to justify lower yields by shifting the argument towards the amount of food we waste. The logic is that we could produce enough organically to feed the world if we just...
View ArticleRisk-based or Hazard-based Regulation
What is the difference between the risk-based regulatory approach and a hazard-based one? Why is it that hazard-based activists are so successful in pushing such an unrealistic approach?
View ArticleThe Growing Risk of Contrapreneurs
An expedient policy process relying on precaution and hazard-based regulations has allowed contrapreneurs to cement their anti-innovation strategy at the heart of Brussels
View ArticleHow to Deal with Stupid: Part 1/10 – Defining Stupid
Part 1 of a 10-part series, Stupid needs to be redefined. As social media outpaces governance structures, stupid proliferates, creating bad policy, public fear and a decline in the value of expertise.
View ArticleHow to Deal with Stupid – Part 6/10: The Denormalisation of Industry
Part 6 deals with Stupid's strategy to remove industry from being a legitimate actor or stakeholder in policy debates. They have been very successful in denormalising tobacco, now fossil fuels and...
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